A 52-year-old former Army officer suffering from psychological disorder was lynched to death on the outskirts of the city on Friday morning. The incident took place at Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas. The deceased, Jayanta Sarkar, had been a major in the Indian Army.

Harassed and tired of trying to get your legitimate work done by an unresponsive government department or ministry.

Expressing its concern over the alleged misuse of the Domestic Violence (DV) Act to settle civil disputes between sparring couples with the use of women as “pawn” by the male relatives, Rohini court additional sessions judge (ASJ) Dr Kamini Lau said, the purpose of passing the welfare law was to protect the family value system and not to create a civil right.

Taking a strong exception to the stand taken by a senior police officer, who had favoured parole to former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma, sentenced to death for killing his wife Naina Sahani, Justice Hima Kohli of the Delhi high court has directed the Delhi police commissioner to conduct a probe against some department officials for misleading the court on the issue.

Delhi BJP has criticised chief minister Sheila Dikshit for failing to meet several deadlines for various the Commonwealth Games projects in the past and now not setting any deadline.

The wife of a Delhi police sub inspector committed suicide in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka area allegedly after a fight with the family of an additional SHO, the police said on Sunday.

The international cycling event in Connaught Place, which was being seen as a test to see the preparedness of the British-era business centre for the Commonwealth Games, on Sunday saw people unwittingly get caught in traffic jams. The Delhi police conceded that there were some problems due to the last minute changes in the route for the event.

J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday hinted at a political solution of the Kashmir problem by the Centre in the coming days. “The Union government is actively working for a political solution,” he said, expressing the hope that an “amicable and peaceful” settlement would not be too far off.

Among the country’s top politicians, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi appears the most popular on the Internet. The young leader has an ever-increasing fan base on the social networking website Facebook, with 68,198 followers. In this, he has beaten PM Manmohan Singh, veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani and even his mother Sonia Gandhi.

At a time when all civic agencies in New Delhi are in a race against time to complete Commonwealth Games-related projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday visited Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the key venue of the October 3-14 event and the location of both the opening and closing ceremonies, and exhorted all agencies to redouble their efforts and finish the work still remaining. The stadium will also host the athletics, weightlifting and lawn bowl events.